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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11392
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14328
13 Actual Demand 11107
14 Aggregate Planning 12037
15 Air Cargo 9964
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6555
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34715
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15275
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19075
20 Assembly Line 22042
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22837
22 Average Speed of Answer 26476
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22928
24 Batch Production 38028
25 Bill Discounting 14355
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11064
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7049
28 Blanket Release 9903
29 Bonded Warehouse 9977
30 Booking Number 13634
31 Bottleneck 9387
32 Buffer Stock 58845
33 Build to Stock 12839
34 Bullwhip Effect 9452
35 Business Logistics 25416
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12460
37 Capacity Management 40109
38 Capacity Utilization 13959
39 Capital Intensive 8276
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8587
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12005
42 Certified Supplier 8900
43 Channel Effectiveness 8855
44 Co-Destiny 9182
45 Co-managed Inventory 12355
46 Co-Packers 11669
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6765
48 Computer-Based Training 7609
49 Consular Invoice 19568
50 Container Depot 10517
51 Container Freight Station 10212
52 Continuous Replenishment 19359
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11966
54 Contract Carrier 7270
55 Contract of Affreightment 11312
56 Control Charts 7878
57 Cost Flow 10177
58 Courier Service 15088
59 CPFR 8126
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11682
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43853
62 Date Code 18051
63 Days of Supply 19690
64 Dead on Arrival 9107
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7218
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8003
67 Detective Control 8816
68 Devanning 14124
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10757
70 Dispatching 24195
71 Distributed Inventory 8269
72 Distribution Channel Management 34467
73 Distribution Metrics 8957
74 Distribution Planning 24075
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15071
76 Double Marginalization 52463
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22168
78 Dual 5374
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20478
80 Echelon Inventory 26035
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38140
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49363
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7527
84 Efficient Frontier 25282
85 Engineer-to-Order 31556
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16239
87 Erlang B Formula 9249
88 ETD 8238
89 Ex Works 7766
90 Exception Rate 13344
91 Exponential smoothing 9744
92 External Growth 9959
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9338
94 Field Services 7674
95 Field Warehouse 9919
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8642
97 Fishbone Diagram 14501
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26828
99 Flow Through Distribution 12202
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8070
101 FOB Destination 12910
102 Forward buying 29924
103 Freight Charge 10234
104 Freight Consolidation 7444
105 Gantt Chart 8215
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11611
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29408
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12575
109 Hub 23270
110 Idle Time 7979
 
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